PRIDE 28

Infobox MMA event
name = PRIDE 28: High Octane
promotion = PRIDE Fighting Championships
date = October 31, 2004
venue = Saitama Super Arena
city = Saitama
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previousevent = PRIDE Bushido 5
followingevent = PRIDE Shockwave 2004

PRIDE 28: High Octane was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on October 31, 2004.

Results

flagicon|USA Heath Herring vs. flagicon|JPN Hirotaka Yokoi

Heath Herring knocked out Hirotaka Yokoi via repeated knees to the head, 1:55 into the fight.

flagicon|AUS Soa Palalei vs. flagicon|KOR Choi Mu Bae

Mu Bae Choi made Soa Palalei submit with a rear naked choke 4:55 into the second round.

flagicon|RUS Sergey Ignatov vs. flagicon|BRA Ricardo Arona

Ricardo Arona defeated Sergey Ignatov by submission with a rear naked choke 9:05 into the first round.

=flagicon|RUS Aleksander Emelianenko vs. flagicon|GBR James Thompson=

These two fighters got into a slugfest immediately. After only 11 seconds, Aleksander Emelianenko knocked out James Thompson.

flagicon|JPN Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. flagicon|NED Alistair Overeem

Alistar Overeem defeated Hiromitsu Kanehara by TKO after 3:52 of Round 2. Overeem opened up a huge cut under Kanehara's eye with knee strikes, and the doctor was forced to stop the fight.

flagicon|NZL Mark Hunt vs. flagicon|USA Dan Bobish

Mark Hunt knocked out Dan Bobish with an uppercut 6:32 into Round 1.

flagicon|JPN Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. flagicon|USA Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson won by TKO over Kazuhiro Nakamura just 1:15 into the fight. While both men were on the ground, Henderson started landing knees to Nakamura's shoulder which ultimately dislocated it. The referee stopped the fight upon noticing the injury.

=flagicon|USA Josh Barnett vs. flagicon|CRO Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic=

In a very anti-climactic match, "Cro Cop" was declared the winner after only 46 seconds of fighting when Josh Barnett had to submit due to his shoulder becoming fractured and dislocated. There was no clear offensive maneuver by Filipović that could cause the dislocation, making for a very bizarre ending.

Middleweight Championship Match:

flagicon|BRA Wanderlei Silva vs. flagicon|USA Quinton Jackson

In the main event, Wanderlei Silva knocked out Quinton Jackson with a series of punches and standing knee strikes, 3:26 into the second round, to successfully retain the PRIDE Middleweight Championship.

ee also

* List of PRIDE events

External links

* [http://www.pridefc.com/ Official PRIDE Website]